Bible: Exodus 23:22-33

23:22But ifyou diligentlyobeyhim1and doallthatI command, then I will be an enemyto your enemies, and I will be an adversaryto your adversaries.23:23Formy angelwill gobeforeyou and bringyou tothe Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, and I will destroy them completely.2

23:24 “You must notbowdown to their gods; you must notservethem ordoaccordingto their practices. Insteadyou mustcompletely overthrowthem and smash their standing stones3to pieces.423:25You must serve5the Lordyour God, and he6 will blessyour breadand your water,7and I will removesicknessfrom your midst.23:26Nowoman will miscarryher young8 or bebarrenin yourland. I will fulfill9the numberof your days.

23:27 “I will sendmy terror10beforeyou, and I will destroy11allthe peoplewhomyou encounter; I will makeallyour enemiesturn their backs12toyou.23:28I will send13hornetsbeforeyou that will driveout the Hivite, the Canaanite, and theHittitebeforeyou.23:29I will notdrivethem out beforeyou in oneyear, lestthe landbecome desolateand the wildanimals14multiplyagainstyou.23:30Littleby little15I will drivethem out beforeyou, untilyou become fruitfuland inheritthe land.23:31I will set16your boundariesfrom the RedSeatothe seaof the Philistines, and from the deserttothe River,17forI will delivertheinhabitantsof the landinto your hand, and you will drivethem out beforeyou.

23:32 “You must makenocovenantwith them or with their gods.23:33They must notlivein your land, lestthey make you sinagainst me, for ifyou servetheir gods, it will surelybea snare18to you.”